Lando Norris has dismissed as “comedy” a reported claim by Max Verstappen that he could have secured the Formula 1 title earlier if he’d had the same McLaren car as Norris, his closest challenger.

LUSAIL, Qatar — Lando Norris disagrees with Max Verstappen’s belief he would have won the Formula One world championship earlier had he been driving a McLaren, saying the Dutchman “should start doing comedy or something.”

DOHA - McLaren’s Lando Norris took pole position for the Qatar Grand Prix sprint on Nov 29, with Mercedes’ George Russell denying the Formula One leaders a front row lockout by pushing Oscar Piastri down to third.

Lando Norris joked that Max Verstappen should go into comedy after the Red Bull driver claimed he would have won this year’s F1 world title sooner if he was driving in a McLaren. Verstappen sealed his fourth successive world championship in Las Vegas last weekend, with Norris now unable to catch him with two rounds remaining in Qatar and Abu Dhabi.

Despite losing the Drivers' Championship to Verstappen, Norris gave McLaren the edge in the Constructors' Championship with sprint pole at the Qatar GP.

Leclerc and Norris are fighting for second place in a drivers’ championship already won by Red Bull’s Max Verstappen. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Lando Norris bounced back from his F1 championship defeat to secure pole position for Saturday’s sprint race in Qatar. The British driver, mocked by Max Verstappen for failing to win the title in a McLaren deemed superior to the rest of the field,

Lando Norris plays down his losing battle with the Red Bull driver: “Nobody in F1 could have recovered from a deficit like the one I had.”

McLaren's Lando Norris took pole position for the Qatar Grand Prix sprint on Friday with Mercedes' George Russell denying the Formula One leaders a front row lockout by pushing Oscar Piastri down to third.